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MELBOURNE, FLA. — The Florida Institute of Technology and Melbourne International Airport are collaborating to build the Florida Tech Research Park on a 100-acre parcel, the beginning of a 20-year partnership between the institutions. The property will be located on NASA Boulevard in Melbourne's Airport Industrial Park. For future expansion, the airport has offered its 500 additional acres in the industrial development. The university's Applied Research Laboratory and the Emil Buehler Center for Aviation Training and Research will be among the development's tenants.